First post...and looking for help!

Hello all,I have been a frequent lurker on this site for a couple of months and am amazed at the knowledge and talent that is displayed here.

To get myself started I wanted to build a box/humidor something a bit useful. Getting to completion and it’s time to separate the top on the table saw (Ridgid R4511 and a Woodworker II Thin Kerf blade)

I cut the box once the pieces didn’t align. I checked the blade for square to the miter and square to 90 and it seems to check out. I double checked everything and made some test cuts. The following pictures show my alignment issues on the test pieces. The arrows show the direction of cut.

Anyone know what the cause/fix might be for this cut? is here? What is the cause here?

Thank you very much. Looking forward to learning and sharing much information on this site.

Jeff

-- Jeff

4 replies so far

This might not be the problem at all, but if I’m interpreting your photos correctly, you cut around the piece of wood in a counter clockwise fashion. I generally cut both ends of the piece first (#2 and #4 in your photos) followed by the long direction (#1 and #3 in your photos). I can’t say for sure if that’s the problem or not, as I’m a newbie myself. If I’m wrong, please someone, speak up, as I don’t wan to put bad info out here.

You are right Sarah, I did cut counter clockwise and should have done the ends first. Thanks for the reminder but I don’t think that is the issue here. I was taking very small passes for the test pieces and didn’t suffer any tearout. I will remember to do the box correctly now….thank you.

I am using a sled with a high fence. It slides over the fence to support the tall workpiece.

I will run another pass with the original blade to see if that helps.

Also, I have aligned the fence to the miter and while it was pretty far out of square, it didn’t seem to help